Dress-shield.



D. B'ASGH. uazss SHIELD.

No. 75,743. Patented Decl6, I902.

(llo Model.) I

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DAVID BASOH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DRESS-SHIELD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 715,743, dated December 16, 1902. Application filed August 11, 1902. Serial No. 119,189. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, DAVID BASCH, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at New York city,county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dress-Shields, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to improvements in dress-shields,and particularly to dress-shields constructed as an article of attire in themselves and which may therefore be worn in connection with a number of different garments instead of being secured to a single garment.

My improved dress-shield comprises a bodyflap and an arm-flap united at their upper concave edge and a shoulder-strap Whose outer and inner edges are both developed from the convex edges of the arm-flap.

In carrying out my invention I preferably provide a shoulder-strap whose opposite ends are tapered and are folded lengthwise and are then secu red,so folded, to the convex edge of the arm-flap. If desired, I may divide the shoulder-strap into two parts and unite the parts so divided with a laced or elastic connection, so that the device may be adapted to suit any size arm and give a perfect and easy adjustment. In uniting the shoulderstrap with the arm-flap so that the outer and inner edges of the shoulder-strap merge into the convex edges of the arm-flap I so arrange that the central plane in which the shoulderstrap will have a tendency to lie will be substantially at right angles to the plane in which the arm-flap will have a tendency to lie. In

this way when the device is worn and the arm is at rest at the side the shoulder-strap will lie flat upon the shoulder, while the body and arm flaps will lie fiat between the arm and the body, and there will be no undue wrinkling or buckling of the device. When, however, the arm is raised, the before-mentioned connection between the shoulder-strap and the arm-flap will cause the arm-flap to be lifted and held snuglyagainst the arm, as shown clearlyin the drawings forminga part of this specification (see more particularly v Figure 3) and presently to be described in detail.

- curing same thereto.

The main object of my invention is to cause the device to fit the arm and shoulder snugly when the arm is either at rest at the side of the body or in a raised position.

I will now proceed to describe a device embodying my invention and will then point out the novel features in claims. I

In the drawings, Fig. l is a face view of a device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 isa view slightly in perspective looking toward the edge of the device. Fig. 3 illustrates the device in positionupon the wearer. Fig. 4is a detail view showing a portion of the shoulder-strap partially secured to the arm-flap and illustrating the preferable method of se- Fig. 5 is a similar view illustrating that portion of the shoulder-strap completely secured to the arm-flap and'illuscrating the preferable method ofsecuringsuch parts together.

The dress-shield comprises a body-flap a, an arm-flapb, and a shoulder-strap c. The

body and arm flaps a and b are united together at their upper concave edges d in the ordinary or any desired manner and are of ordinary crescent-shaped form, so that the lower edges e, along which theyare not united, are convex. The shoulder-strap c is united to the convex edges of the arm-flap in such a manner that the outer and inner edges of the shoulder-strap both merge into the convex edge e of the arm-flap b. The preferable manner of making this connection is illustrated in detail, Figs. 4 and 5."

Referring first to Fig. 4, the inner edge f of the shoulder-strap c is first united to the convex edge eof the arm-flap b by a line of stitching g. The lower end ofthe shoulderstrap 0 is then folded over and the outer edge It is then united to the convex edge e of. the arm-flap b by a line of stitching 'i. The tendency of such connection will be to turn the shoulder-strap 0 so that it will lie in a plane substantially at right angles to thev plane of the body portion of the dress-shield, with the consequence that the natural tendency of the device will be to lie snugly in its position on the person of the wearer. The connection of the shoulder-strap with the arm-flap, and particularly the connection of the shoulder-strap with the convex edges of the arm-flap, will cause the arm-flap to hug closely to the arm at all times, so that when the arm is raised the arm-flap will be raised with it and when the arm is lowered the various parts will fit snugly to the wearer without any undue wrinkling or buckling. I preferably taper the lower ends of the shoulder-strap 0, (see particularly Fig. 4,) so as to form a neater juncture of the shoulder-strap with the armflap.

I have shown the shoulder-strap as divided in the middle into two parts andunited by means of an elastic lacing connection j, and I may, if desired, connect a safety-pin or other suitable attaching device 75 thereto, so that the shoulderstrap may, if desired, be detachably connected to an undergarment. Similarly I may provide another safety-pin or other attaching device Z to the lower end of the body-flap a, so that this portion of the body-flap may be detachahly secured to the undergarment.

What I claim is- 1. A dress-shield comprising a body-flap and an arm-flap united at their upper concave edges, and a shoulder-strap Whose opposite ends are secured at both their inner and outer edges to the convex edges of the arm-flap.

2. A dress-shield comprising a body-flap and an arm-flap united at their upper concave edges, and a shoulder-strap whose opposite ends are folded lengthwise, and each edge so folded secured to the convex edges of the arm-flap.

3. A dress-shield comprising a body-flap and an arm-flap united at their upper concave edges, and a shoulder-strap whose 0pposite ends taper and are folded lengthwise, and each of the edges so folded secured to the convex edges of the arm-flap.

DAVID BASCH.

\Vitnesses:

M. M. GoNovER, J. O. CHAPIN. 

